Coping with prejudice
Subtitle: 1 Peter in social-psychological perspective
By: Paul A. Holloway
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 244; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 244.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9783161499616
Subjects: Analys och tolkning; Bible; Kristendom; Apologetik; Vooroordelen; Criticism, interpretation; Prejudices; I Petrus (bijbelboek); Adjustment (Psychology); Religiösa aspekter; Vroege christendom; Socialpsykologi; Bibeln; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-277) and indexes.

In English; occasional phrases in Ancient Greek with English translations.
Table of contents: title: Encountering prejudice; title: Locating 1 Peter : 1 Peter as an early Christian pseudepigraphal letter; title: Literary integrity; title: Authorship; title: Date of composition; title: Original readership; title: Conclusion; title: Social prejudice and its effects; title: On the nature of prejudice; title: On the causes of prejudice; title: Prejudice from the target's perspective; title: Conclusion; title: Social prejudice and persecution : on the occasion of 1 Peter; title: Anti-Christian prejudice in the early Roman Empire; title: Evidence of anti-Christian prejudice in 1 Peter; title: Conclusion; title: Coping with prejudice; title: Ancient theories and practices of consolation : Greco-Roman and early Jewish traditions; title: Greco-Roman consolation; title: Jewish consolation; title: How people cope with prejudice : the findings of modern social psychology; title: Strategies for coping with prejudice; title: Moderators for choosing coping strategies; title: The costs and consequences of coping; title: Conclusion : coping and consolation; title: "Born again to a living hope" (1 Pet 1:1-12) : initial words of consolation; title: "To the elect sojourners" (1 Pet 1:1-2); title: "Blessed be God" (1 Pet 1:3-12); title: "Set your hope fully" (1 Pet 1:13-2:10); title: Reorienting one's values (1 Pet 1:13); title: Restructuring one's identity (1 Pet 1:14-2:10); title: Conclusion; title: "To silence the ignorance of the foolish" (1 Pet 2:11-3:12) : coping with prejudice through "behavioral compensation"; title: "Having good behavior among the gentiles" (1 Pet 2:11-12); title: "Submit to every human institution" (1 Pet 2:13-3:7); title: "Finally, you should all strive to live in harmony" (1 Pet 3:8-12); title: "Keeping a good conscience" (1 Pet 3:13-4:11) : coping with prejudice through "attributional ambiguity"; title: Attributional ambiguity and attribution theory; title: "But even if you should suffer ..." (1 Pet 3:13-14a); title: "With meekness and respect" (1 Pet 3:14b-16); title: "It is better to suffer as one who does good" (1 Pet 3:17-22); title: " ... and that is why they slander you" (1 Pet 4:1-6); title: "The end of all things is near" (1 Pet 4:7-11); title: "Do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal" (1 Pet 4:12-5:14) : concluding words of consolation; title: Cyrenaic consolation; title: "Time has come for judgment to begin" (1 Pet 4:12-19); title: "Be examples to the flock (1 Pet 5:1-5); title: "Humble yourselves under the hand of God" (1 Pet 5:6-11); title: "I have written to exhort and to testify" (1 Pet 5:12-14); title: Conclusion.